Game apparatus



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J. McOLURE 8a A. BINGS. GAME APPARATUS.

No. 600,788. Patented Mar. 15, 1898.

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I JOHN IVIOCLURE AND ALEXANDER BINGS, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 600,7 38, dated March15, 1898.

Application filed April 2 9 1 8 9 7- To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN MOOLURE and ALEXANDER BINGS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphiaand State-of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain "Improvement in GameApparatus, of which the following is a specification. I

Ourinvention relates to a new and amusing game, the object of which isto imitate the playing of foot-ball; and it consists of a rectangulartray having the proper divisions marked thereon and the goals andtouch-down cages located at each end of the tray, and the playing iscarried on by two persons, each having a putter adapted to takeasufficient hold upon the ball to transfer the latter from one portionof the tray to the other.

The accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification,represents in perspective a game made in accordance with ourimprovement, showin g the ball at the startin gpoint and one of theputters in the act of taking hold of said ball. I

In the drawing, A represents the tray,which is here shown as oblong,having sides of sufficient height to retain the ball therein underordinary circumstances, and at each end of the tray is placed a strip B,preferably of wood, so formed as to produce a goal 0 and the touch-clowncages D. Upon the surface of the tray are marked lines crosswise thereofwhich are designated by the numbers 10, 25, and 50, respectively,starting from each goal and progressing inwardly, or any number of theselines may be used. In the center of the tray is inscribed a circle E,which is preferably of asuitable color, and upon this spot the ball F orother object is placed prior to the starting of the game.

There are provided two putters, each consisting of a wire or rod G,having formed upon one end thereof a circular loop or ring II, and theouter end of the wire is provided with a handle I for the manipulationof the device.

The method of playing the game consists in Serial No. 634,325. (Nomodel.)

found difficult when both players have the same object in view and areattempting to accomplish said object it will be seen that an exceedinglyamusing and exciting game will be provided.

Many of the rules of an ordinary foot-ball game may be followed in theplaying of this game, and by so doing popular interest will be added tothe inherent amusement and excitement of the game.

A game madein accordance with our improvement is inexpensive and may beplayed in any locality upon a table, and afiords much sport for bothyoung and old;

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is In a gameapparatus, an oblong tray having sides to retain a ball therein, a flatstrip placed at each end of the tray, said strips having deepindentations formed in the center of their edges and shallowerindentations to each side thereof, the surface of the tray havin g acircle marked thereon and lines running across, the circle being at thecenter of the tray and the lines at each end, aball adapted to be movedfrom one portion to the other of the tray, said ball being of a size tofit snugly in the center indentations, in combination with putters eachhaving a ring at one end of a size to take hold of the ball to move it,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affiXed our signatures in thepresence of'two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MOOLURE. ALEXANDER BINGS. Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, ALLIsoN W. MOOURDY.

